1980 Pittsburgh Pirates
Record: 95-65
Finish: 1st in NL Central Division
Runs Scored: 807
Runs Allowed: 668
Exp W-L: 94-66
 
Ballpark: Forbes Field
Attendance: 1,969,535
Manager: Alex Baxter

Statistics / Schedule

Minor League Records:
AAA: 58-79, 11th in the National League
AA: 75-62, 4th in the National League
A: 69-68, 5th in the National League
 
 
Postseason Results:
Lost Divisional Series 1-4 to New York (N) Giants
 
Team Index    Draft History Park History
Starters: Positional    Registers: Batters     Leaders: Batters   
  Pitchers   Pitchers   Pitchers
 
Team Batting Stats     Help
Pos Name Age G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS DWS
LF *Al Oliver 33 154 620 86 202 39 6 8 76 4 3 30 50 .326 .356 .447 .803 89.1 22.7 2.4
RF  Ellis Valentine 25 153 602 80 165 25 1 20 86 3 0 24 68 .274 .299 .419 .718 73.9 14.3 2.4
DH  Andre Dawson 25 151 572 76 132 25 7 21 81 8 4 29 54 .231 .275 .409 .684 61.5 8.4 0.0
2B *Ken Boswell 34 152 538 91 153 21 3 9 59 25 10 61 45 .284 .355 .385 .740 71.6 14.9 4.4
3B *Dan Driessen 28 153 517 71 130 19 5 10 61 1 1 58 56 .251 .327 .366 .693 63.8 12.2 6.4
CF  Dan Ford 28 134 500 82 143 24 5 27 99 5 1 36 72 .286 .337 .516 .853 78.9 18.6 2.7
C #Biff Pocoroba 26 147 480 67 139 21 4 10 68 0 2 51 21 .290 .354 .413 .767 67.4 14.8 5.3
DH #Eddie Murray 24 125 480 75 144 33 3 26 96 1 1 49 51 .300 .363 .544 .907 89.0 24.4 1.5
SS  Dave Concepcion 32 126 385 53 108 15 2 1 34 10 7 31 53 .281 .333 .338 .670 42.0 6.9 4.4
2B  Joel Youngblood 28 120 360 52 112 24 3 13 50 1 1 23 59 .311 .352 .503 .855 57.2 14.5 2.4
RF  Mike Vail 28 73 204 20 55 5 2 5 27 0 1 5 28 .270 .284 .387 .672 21.1 3.2 1.0
C  Steve Swisher 28 72 187 25 64 9 0 4 30 1 0 10 22 .342 .368 .455 .823 29.4 7.2 1.5
1B *Danny Goodwin 26 50 121 17 26 3 1 3 10 4 1 10 25 .215 .275 .331 .605 10.6 1.0 0.4
SS #Ozzie Smith 25 75 86 12 18 4 1 0 9 8 1 5 8 .209 .247 .279 .526 7.5 0.3 1.0
3B *Mike Cubbage 29 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 0.0 0.0 0.0
  Team Totals 27.9 1690 5659 807 1592 267 43 157 786 71 33 422 613 .281 .331 .427 .757 762.6 163.6 35.8
  Rank among 12 NL teams 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 6 6 11 1 1 6 1 2 2  
* - bats left-handed, # - switch hits, blank - bats right-handed
Team Pitching Stats     Help
Name Age W L Pct G GS SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA PWS
 Milt Wilcox 30 19 10 .655 36 36 0 287.0 266 96 11 59 193 3.01 20.6
 Dennis Eckersley 25 21 7 .750 35 35 0 274.0 255 85 25 36 163 2.79 22.1
 Fernando Arroyo 28 18 11 .621 31 31 0 244.7 227 82 23 31 104 3.02 17.7
*Jim Umbarger 27 9 9 .500 36 15 0 126.0 157 71 11 26 39 5.07 2.5
 John Montefusco 30 7 8 .467 18 18 0 124.7 129 66 11 51 59 4.76 2.3
 Pete Vuckovich 27 6 7 .462 19 16 0 111.3 126 55 10 48 50 4.45 2.4
 Lee Smith 22 5 5 .500 42 9 20 97.0 105 43 5 33 56 3.99 7.1
 Joaquin Andujar 27 3 2 .600 33 0 13 48.3 35 11 4 18 18 2.05 8.0
 Roric Harrison 33 1 0 1.000 22 0 0 44.0 46 17 6 26 17 3.48 2.2
*Ron Guidry 29 3 3 .500 24 0 1 39.0 52 25 5 19 15 5.77 0.0
 Bill Greif 30 2 2 .500 18 0 2 16.7 24 21 4 11 7 11.34 0.0
*Mike Flanagan 28 1 1 .500 18 0 1 15.3 22 7 3 7 12 4.11 0.6
 Steve Busby 30 0 0 .000 5 0 0 9.3 13 7 1 3 2 6.75 0.0
Team Totals 28.2 95 65 .594 337 160 37 1437.3 1457 586 119 368 735 3.67 85.6
Rank among 12 NL teams 3 3 10 3 6 10 7 5 1 10 5  
* - throws left-handed, blank - throws right-handed
Team Fielding Stats     Help
Last 2 columns are Fielding Percentage and Range Factor (expect Catcher where last column is Runners Thrown Out Percentage)
Numbers in headings are league average values.
Catchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .988 31.5
B.Pocoroba 1112.7 121 138 604 44 7 2 .989 30.2
S.Swisher 324.7 39 44 178 16 3 0 .985 29.0
Team Total 1437.3 160 182 782 60 10 2 .988 29.9
First Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .994 11.90
E.Murray 1080.7 121 124 1347 82 5 117 .997 11.90
D.Goodwin 269.0 31 36 385 21 4 35 .990 13.58
K.Boswell 69.7 7 11 88 4 1 8 .989 11.89
B.Pocoroba 10.0 0 3 14 1 0 1 1.000 13.50
M.Cubbage 6.0 1 1 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50
A.Oliver 1.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00
D.Driessen 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.3 160 177 1842 108 10 162 .995 12.21
Second Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 5.93
K.Boswell 829.3 93 96 171 383 18 76 .969 6.01
J.Youngblood 540.3 62 67 127 221 8 55 .978 5.80
O.Smith 67.7 5 16 19 38 0 12 1.000 7.58
D.Concepcion 14.4 2 2 1 4 0 1 1.000 3.13
Team Total 1451.7 162 181 318 646 26 144 .974 5.98
Third Basemen Inn GS G PO A E DP .961 2.98
D.Driessen 1326.7 150 152 96 385 22 40 .956 3.26
J.Youngblood 70.0 7 13 3 17 3 1 .870 2.57
D.Concepcion 31.4 4 4 3 10 0 1 1.000 3.73
K.Boswell 27.7 2 6 1 9 0 0 1.000 3.25
M.Cubbage 13.0 1 4 1 2 0 0 1.000 2.08
Team Total 1468.7 164 179 104 423 25 42 .955 3.23
Shortstops Inn GS G PO A E DP .968 5.35
D.Concepcion 938.6 113 117 133 438 15 75 .974 5.48
K.Boswell 243.0 27 31 29 119 6 24 .961 5.48
O.Smith 173.0 10 52 29 74 11 8 .904 5.36
J.Youngblood 2.0 0 1 0 1 1 0 .500 4.50
M.Vail 1.0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00
Team Total 1357.6 150 202 191 633 33 107 .961 5.46
Left Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .984 1.90
A.Oliver 1306.7 148 152 264 9 3 3 .989 1.88
J.Youngblood 77.3 8 11 25 2 0 1 1.000 3.14
M.Vail 53.3 4 12 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.86
Team Total 1437.3 160 175 300 11 3 4 .990 1.95
Center Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .990 2.48
D.Ford 1071.7 122 123 290 7 7 5 .977 2.49
M.Vail 318.7 33 40 82 1 3 0 .965 2.34
K.Boswell 39.0 4 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.08
A.Dawson 8.0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1.000 3.38
Team Total 1437.3 160 169 383 9 10 5 .975 2.45
Right Fielders Inn GS G PO A E DP .982 1.96
E.Valentine 1290.3 146 153 260 15 8 3 .972 1.92
M.Vail 60.0 7 11 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.40
J.Youngblood 59.0 7 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.22
D.Ford 21.0 0 10 7 0 0 0 1.000 3.00
K.Boswell 3.0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Oliver 2.0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50
D.Goodwin 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
A.Dawson 1.0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00
Team Total 1437.3 160 187 292 15 8 3 .975 1.92
Pitchers Inn GS G PO A E DP .976 2.05
M.Wilcox 287.0 36 36 12 36 2 3 .960 1.51
D.Eckersley 274.0 35 35 20 53 0 3 1.000 2.40
F.Arroyo 244.7 31 31 15 26 0 2 1.000 1.51
J.Umbarger 126.0 15 36 7 24 1 2 .969 2.21
J.Montefusco 124.7 18 18 10 13 2 2 .920 1.66
P.Vuckovich 111.3 16 19 5 22 3 1 .900 2.18
L.Smith 97.0 9 42 7 13 0 2 1.000 1.86
J.Andujar 48.3 0 33 5 6 0 0 1.000 2.05
R.Harrison 44.0 0 22 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.84
R.Guidry 39.0 0 24 2 6 1 0 .889 1.85
B.Greif 16.7 0 18 0 1 2 0 .333 0.54
M.Flanagan 15.3 0 18 0 1 1 0 .500 0.59
S.Busby 9.3 0 5 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.93
Team Total 1437.3 160 337 87 208 12 15 .961 1.85
Team Batting LeadersTeam Pitching Leaders
Batting Average Oliver .326
On-Base Pct Murray .363
Slugging Pct Murray .544
OPS Murray .907
XR Oliver 89.1
Games Oliver 154
At-Bats Oliver 620
Runs Boswell 91
Hits Oliver 202
Total Bases Oliver 277
Singles Oliver 149
Doubles Oliver 39
Triples Dawson 7
Homeruns Ford 27
RBIs Ford 99
Stolen Bases Boswell 25
Caught Stealing Boswell 10
Walks Boswell 61
Strikeouts Ford 72
ERA Eckersley 2.79
Wins Eckersley 21
Losses Arroyo 11
Winning Pct Eckersley .750
Saves Smith 20
Games Pitched Smith 42
Games Started Wilcox 36
Complete Games Arroyo 19
Shutouts Wilcox 4
Innings Pitched Wilcox 287.0
Hits Allowed Wilcox 266
Homeruns Allowed Eckersley 25
Strikeouts Wilcox 193
Walks Allowed Wilcox 59
Walks per 9IP Arroyo 1.1
Hits per 9IP Wilcox 8.3
Strikeouts per 9IP Wilcox 6.1
WHiP Arroyo 1.05
OAVG Wilcox .242
OOBP Arroyo .268
OSLG Wilcox .327
OOPS Wilcox .608
Team All-Stars
Eddie Murray
Lee Smith
Milt Wilcox
Player Salaries
Milt Wilcox $ 17,500,000
Fernando Arroyo $ 4,235,714
Dan Ford $ 3,828,571
Al Oliver $ 3,800,000
Ken Boswell $ 3,600,000
Eddie Murray $ 3,478,571
Dennis Eckersley $ 3,421,429
Biff Pocoroba $ 3,178,571
Pete Vuckovich $ 2,821,429
Ellis Valentine $ 2,750,000
Dan Driessen $ 2,514,286
Andre Dawson $ 1,450,000
Joel Youngblood $ 1,100,000
Dave Concepcion $ 850,000
Mike Vail $ 803,571
Sam McDowell $ 750,000
Doug Bird $ 350,000
Roric Harrison $ 350,000
Tony Muser $ 350,000
Danny Goodwin $ 300,000
Mike Flanagan $ 300,000
Joaquin Andujar $ 300,000
Mike Cubbage $ 300,000
Lee Smith $ 300,000
Steve Busby $ 300,000
Ozzie Smith $ 300,000
Steve Swisher $ 300,000
Jim Umbarger $ 300,000
Bill Greif $ 300,000
 
Player Transactions
Date Action Losing To Getting
2/2 Traded Terry Kennedy Baltimore Lee Smith
2/6 Signed     Milt Wilcox
5/1 Traded Glenn Burke Colorado Dave Concepcion
7/31 Traded John Montefusco
Ron Guidry
Boston (N) Steve Busby
Sam Mcdowell